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Katherine Clark

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 17, 1963 in New Haven, CT

Education:

  • St. Lawrence University, B.A., 1985
  • Cornell University, J.D., 1989
  • Harvard University, M.P.A., 1997

Career:

  • Law clerk, 1990-1991
  • Prosecutor in CT Attorney General's office, 1991-1993
  • Counsel, MA Office of Child Care Services
  • Asst. to MA Attorney General

Elected Office:

  • MA House, 2008-2011
  • MA Senate, 2011-2013



Election Results for Katherine Clark


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2013 49 MA D U.S. House District 05 Special Primary 1 21,983 31.5%
2013 49 MA D U.S. House District 05 Special 1 40,303 65.8%
2014 50 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 57,014 81.2%
2014 50 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 182,100 98.3%
2016 52 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 30,066 98.5%
2016 52 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 285,606 98.6%
2018 54 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 78,156 99.3%
2018 54 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 236,243 75.9%
2020 56 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 162,768 99.4%
2020 56 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 294,427 74.3%
2022 58 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 84,845 99.6%
2022 58 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 203,994 74.0%
2024 60 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 614 100.0%
2024 60 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 286,689 98.2%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.




Ideology Data for Katherine Clark


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition
Party UnityPresidential
Support
Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2013 49 House 0 0 D 1 1 0 0 0
2014 50 House 95 1 D 88 11 95 100 8
2015 51 House 99 1 D 92 8 99 100 4
2016 52 House 98 1 D 98 2 99 100 0
2017 53 House 97 0 R 11 75 97 100 4
2018 54 House 98 1 R 22 78 99 92 4
2019 55 House 98 0 R 4 94 98 95 0
2020 56 House 100 0 R 6 94 100 100 0
2021 57 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 100 3
2022 58 House 100 0 D 100 0 100 0
2023 59 House 95 5 D 99 0
2024 60 House 91 9 D 100 3
Lifetime conservative rating:   2%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.



Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.



Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.



Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.



Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)



Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.



Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.